COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: Pair of Red Grouse west of Laghtnafrankee
Mountain.

RAM HEAD: Lots of Porpoises with very small calves.

Sat 23 June:

CLASHMORE: Reed Warbler ringed.

CLONEA STRAND: 1st-summer Mediterranean Gull at Ballinclamper.

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Turtle Dove; also a Delicate moth.

Fri 22 June:

EAST KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS: Nightjar seen.

LISMORE TOWN: Hummingbird Hawk-moth.

Sun 17 June:

DROMANA area: Spotted Flycatcher.

TOWER HILL (nr Portlaw): Jay & Spotted Flycatcher.

CURRAGHTAGGART LAKE: 5+ Emperor dragonflies.

FENOR BOG: 4 Emperor dragonflies (2 females ovipositing).

Sat 16 June:

NEWPORT (lower Blackwater): Female/immature Hen Harrier.

HELVICK HEAD: Arctic Skua.

CLONEA STRAND: Great Northern Diver.

BROWNSTOWN HEAD: Delicate moth.

Weds 13 June:

DRUM HILLS: Jay nr Toor Cross Roads.

NORTH COMERAGH MOUNTAINS: Female Hen Harrier.

Tues 12 June:

EAST CO WATERFORD: Pair of Buzzards
seen; also several recent sightings of single birds from various nearby locations. [This is in addition to sightings
this spring/summer at 3 or 4 other broad areas of the county.]

Note: Sightings listed here are
reports, not necessarily authenticated records. * = species for which the Irish Rare Birds Committee currently requires substantiating descriptions or photographs. Records are regularly updated, and older records
added or amended where necessary . Many thanks to observers who
provided records above - any further records (current or older) would be appreciated.

Please email any sightings, or
text details of scarcer species to 0861701599; to report sightings of rarities to the national Birds of Ireland News Service(BINS), phone 01-8307364.